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Pappus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Pappus has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
Pappus, n. [L., an old man or grandfather; hence, a substance resembling gray hairs, Gr. .].
The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositæ ; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Pappus, n. (pl. pappi) a group of hairs on the fruit of thistles, dandelions, etc.
Derivative
pappose adj.
Etymology
L f. Gk pappos
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